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Matt Goodall commented on COUCHDB-348:
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A good example of IE's accept header is:
Accept: image/jpeg, application/x-ms-application, image/gif,
application/xaml+xml, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-xbap,
application/x-shockwave-flash, application/msword, */*
I took that from
http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/page/browser-rest-http-accept-headers but
there are plenty of other examples if you search for "internet explorer accept
header".
@paul, yes the server can decide what to return when */* is the best match.
Some servers implement a server-side quality, e.g. q=0.9, to decide what
representation to return.
And, even though I brought this up, I'm actually with Noah on "If it doesn't
work for all clients, it doesn't work."
> / should redirect to a human readable page when accessed from a browser
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>
> Key: COUCHDB-348
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-348
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: HTTP Interface
> Reporter: Chris Anderson
> Fix For: 0.11
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> Attachments: COUCHDB_348_01.patch, COUCHDB_348_02.patch,
> COUCHDB_348_03.patch, encs.erl
>
>
> As more people are adopting CouchDB, the number of questions along the lines
> of "All I see is {"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"0.10.0a773399"}, what now?"
> If this page redirected to /_utils/ (or maybe something more user-focussed)
> when the accept headers included html, we could make the first-time user
> experience more palatable.
> There's some code in COUCHDB-234 that might be helpful here.
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